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All I really wanna do atm on this hellsite is whine about weed withdrawal insomnia and bitchmoan about how ugly the PS5’s flappy form factor is to me but NO, A BUNCH OF EMOTIONALLY FLACCID DUDES IN MY INDUSTRIES OF INTEREST GOTTA GROOM, HARASS AND MANIPULATE AND BE FUCKIN WEIRD
Fwiw I’m sorry for any part I play in perpetuating a culture that makes marginalized people feel like they can’t say what they mean and just actually be/feel equal. I’m radicalizing, self-examining and trying to be more aware/supportive/vocal in my own offline life/time.
I can only speak for myself but it’s not easy for my neurodivergent brain to pick up on this kind of shit, especially if I’m so up my own ass with work. I know those things are partially why I personally didnt take notice of one C*m*r*n St*w*rt’s predation, despite our proximity.
But that’s really no excuse, and this cognitive dissonance I’ve felt all day is definitely coming from a sense of culpability/incredulity. Because for whatever reason I didn’t see it, I still shared an office space with dude for almost a year. I was so close but said/saw nothing.
N**h Br*dl*y, who I supported thru purchase of some of his reference packs, definitely was shitty towards [at least some of] the models in the photos I’ve been practicing drawing with for a year. I feel fucking gross and complicit and stupid for giving this sex-pest my money. UGH
Who else is pulling this weird shit? Who else is hiding behind silence waiting for their reputations to implode when the truth of their patterns finally come out, reopening victim wounds and disillusioning everyone else they knew and ever worked with?
At this point, I just hope folks do more inner work on themselves, callout shitty behaviour openly and/or just come forward to take their licks and allow shit to just play out as it inevitably will. This is a kind of Reckoning for us all, including complacent spacecadets like me.
If you have a pattern of hidden shitty behaviour, you’re on borrowed time. Act/fess up. Allies call shit out. I know I’m not right for not seeing/saying shit myself but I’m not gonna be quiet if/when I do in future. We can/should change + act on new information as it’s presented.
I’m not even a victim who actually deals with any of this but just seeing the reaction from [mostly] guys be like “omg so sorry you experienced that” even annoys ME. Like I get it, as a dude what else can you even say rn but fuck. Can’t we speak up if we know in the first place?!
I dunno. I’m running on like 2-4 hours of fitful sleep per night over the past 2 weeks, so maybe this thread is ill-advised but all these stories have me heated. I’m glad to have been raised the way I was by my father on this day but just fuckin disappointed in my fellow men rn.
